Objections which raise questions regarding the Authenticity of Kitab Sulaym bin Qays A) The objection of talking of Mohammed bin Abu Bakr with his father on his deathbed
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Hadith study, Kitab Sulaym bin Qays
The objection of talking of Mohammed bin Abu Bakr with his father on his deathbed, while he was at a minor age
Reply :
The date of birth of Mohammed bin Abu Bakr is a matter of difference of opinion among the scholars, because in some narrations he was born in the year of last pilgrimage, and in some narrations he was born in the 8th AH
1. Mir Hamed Hussain Dehlavi says in "Istiqsaa al Ifhaam" Fakhruddin Dehlavi says :
"Mohammed bin Abu Bakr was born in the year of the last pilgrimage in Dhi Halifa or in Shajara in the year 8 AH and ibn al Athir says in "Jami al Usool" : 'He was born in the year 8th and Qazi Taqiuddin Maliki says in "al Iqd al Thamin fi Tarikh al Balad al Amin" and Abul Hajjaj al Mazzi in "Ikhtisaar Tahdhib al Kamal" and ibn Abdul Barr in "al Istiaab"
[Istiqsaa al Ifhaam, v 1, pg 514]
2. Imaduddin Tabari has narrated in his Tarikh known as Kamil Al Bahai with two narrations about it:
First narration:
One day the Commander of the Faithful (as) asked Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr and said:
"Did your father not recite this verse near his death: (And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were trying to escape.) (50:19)? And then Umar said to you, be careful son, that Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) does not hear from you what your father said, and then he may taunt us?" Then the Commander of the Faithful (as) smiled when Muhammad told him that. Then Muhammad said: "You said the truth O Ali (as)! And I heard him curse him and say: You made me do these things, and he said: Yes"
[Kamil AlBahai, v 2, pg 129, chp 5]
Second narration :
Abi Inaan Malik ibn Isma'eel Al Hindi said:
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr came to his father and while he was ill, he said: O father, I see you in this condition that I have not seen you in before ? He said: O son, the man was oppressed, if he forgives me, I hope I heal. Muhammad then said: O father, who is that man? He said: Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) Muhammad said: I guarantee you that I will talk to Ali (as) about this and ask him to forgive you, because he is a forgiving man. Then Muhammad went to the Commander of the Faithful (as) and said: My father is in a very bad condition and he said such and such, and I guaranteed for him to ask for forgiveness from you. If you think you can forgive him? The Commander of the Faithful(as) said: For your sake, but tell your father to climb the pulpit and inform people about it, so that I forgive him. So Muhammad returned and said: Allah accepted your prayers. And then he mentioned to him the words of the Commander of the Faithful (as). Abu Bakr then said: I do not like that even two people refuse to send blessings upon me"
[Kamil Baha'i, v 2, pg 129, chp 5]
3. Sibt ibn Al Jawzi in "Tadhkiratul Khawas Al Ummah" has narrated this Hadith :
"And Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr entered upon his father on his deathbed and said: Call me your uncle that I appoint him as Caliph. He said: O father, were you upon truth or falsehood? He said: Rather upon truth, He said: Then be contented with it to your son, what you were contented for yourself"
[Istiqsaa Al Ifhaam, v 1, pg 514]
[Tadhkiratul Khawas, pg 62]
[Kashf Al Hujb, pg 445]
Note : Talking of Mohammed bin Abu Bakr with his father on his deathbed is not something only exclusive to the Book of Sulaym
Abu Bakr dies in the middle of 13 AH. If the birth of Mohammed be the year of last pilgrimage (9 AH), his age would be 4 years when his father died and if it was 8 AH then he would be about 5 years
4. Sayyed Mowahid Al Abtahi :
"The birth of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr in the year of the last pilgrimage, so that it could make possible his talk with his father, is something uncertain, even though it has become famous, so this does not imply the invalidity of his talk with his father"
[Tahdhib Al Maqaal, v 1, pg 186]
5. The two Majlisis, have pointed to some possibilities (for the solution) and Mir Hamed Hussain and his brother Sayyed Ejaaz Husain and Sayyed Khoei, [Rawdhatul Muttaqeen, v 14, pg 371, Bihar Al Anwar, v 8, pg 195, Istiqsaa Al Ifhaam, v 1, pg 514, Kashf Al Hujb, pg 445, Mujam Rijal Al Hadith, v 8, pg 225], they say :
"It is possible that Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr was of the genius people who had astonishing abilities. Or we can say: Even common children can do astonishing things and they do not forget it throughout their lives, especially when the story is about the death of their father, so how about Abi Bakr who is that famous person who usurped the rights of the Commander of the Faithful (as)
Or we can say: That could have happened through a miracle from the Commander of the Faithful (as), so he talked with his father in that age and did not forget it, so that the report about his (as) usurped rights reach us"
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